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It has never been easier to find the perfect design for your project. If you've ever had trouble finding the right embroidery design on your computer (and who hasn't), Thumbnailer is like a revelation.

Thumbnailer visually reveals each of your designs by giving you a little preview of what the stitched design would look like. Now you can see your embroidery files without opening embroidery software. Awesome!

Does Thumbnailer support your embroidery format? Yes! The current release displays up to twenty-eight embroidery formats, plus six quilting formats and it even displays embroidery formats that are embedded in zipped folders. After you install Thumbnailer, you need do nothing else. All of your embroidery designs will be revealed in the folders where they are already saved. Like I said, it doesn't get easier than this!

Thumbnailer is available for Mac or Windows and here are the formats so far, and updates will be made available.

Our favorite embroidery tools are those that create 'aha moments.' The Embrilliance Thumbnailer software program is a simple to install program that works its magic by creating thumbnail images of your embroidery designs. It will have you saying 'Aha! There's the embroidery design I was looking for!'

Watch video demo! (see above)

Imagine yourself clicking on your My Documents folder. Then you click on a folder where you store you very large library of embroidery designs. (We know you have a large stash!) In the past, you would see a list of file names but no preview. Finding the embroidery designs was a challenge. How can your creativity flourish under such restrictive conditions? All you really want to do is find the perfect design from your library for your next embroidery project.

Your embroidery files WITHOUT the Embrilliance Thumbnailer. The file names are plain and non-functional!

Now your creativity and productivity will flourish! With the Embrilliance Thumbnailer, you can actually SEE the embroidery designs! No more guessing what "Butterfly.pes" or any of your designs look like anymore!

Wow! Preview Designs! After installing the Embrilliance Thumbnailer software, I opened up a folder labeled Butterfly, where I store one of my favorite butterfly designs. I click on the file, and am able to preview the design on the right of the screen!

Wow! Control how you want to preview! This software not only lets you preview the designs but you can control how you preview them! Take advantage of the preview options built into Microsoft Windows-like Extra Large Icons, Large Icons, Tiles and more!

This software is a must-have embroidery tool for every machine embroiderer. Simple to install and even easier to use, you'll wonder how you ever functioned without it. It also works on your Mac.

And you control the design formats you want to see using a preference pane:

Judith L.

I have purchased Thumbnailer and absolutely love it. However I had a problem with my laptop and the program has accidentally been deleted with the reload of the laptop programs. Where can I find a copy of my original download purchase?

Jane B.

I have purchased the Thumbnailer. Have tried for two days to install and get working. I need help please. From what I have discovered is that it won't install to the c drive. The box always has "Window Explore" written in it. I will not let me change the word to c\programFiles\Embrinance\Thumbnailer How do I change this in the PC?

Kirsten S.

Thumbnailer works "quietly". If you open a folder of embroidery designs, it will show pictures instead of default icons. If that is not happening, and you have recently installed it, re-starting the computer should fix it.

Marci

(1) I bought Essentials and Thumbnailer. When I use Essentials, I can see thumbnails of the designs. Is this because Essentials INCLUDES thumbnails of the designs as part of the program OR is it because I also bought Thumbnailer? If thumbnails are included as part of Essentials, then I bought Thumbnailer by mistake and don't need it. If thumbnails ARE included as part of the Essentials program, can I get a refund on Thumbnailer?

(2) When I click on the Thumbnailer icon, I get the dialog box asking what formats to read. After I click on Select All, the program closes. I don't seem to be able to use the program to look at thumbnails. Is that because I am doing something wrong, or is it because Thumbnailer has been integrated into Essentials? If they are integrated, why do I have separate icons for Essentials and Thumbnailer in my dock?

(3) I tried to call customer service but you are closed for the weekend. As you can see, I am confused about the Thumbnailer program!

Kirsten S.

Hi Marci,

Good questions. Essentials does not include Thumbnailer.

Thumbnailer is a program that you don't actually use. Once you have chosen the formats "select all" as you did, you have done all that you need to do with it. What Thumbnailer does is allow you to open folders on your computer which contain embroidery files, and see a small thumbnail image of the designs without opening them in any software. Without Thumbnailer, you would see default icons, so that all your designs would be distinguishable in the folder only by their file names.

So, while it maybe looks like it is included with Essentials because it helps you see your designs before you open them, it would look differently if you didn't have Thumbnailer.

Marci

Kirsten, I think I may have needed to restart my computer for Thumbnailer to take effect, because this morning when I clicked on an embroidery folder, instead of a list with little thumbnails by each file, there is a "carousel" at the top of the page that you can flip through like a book. These images are fairly large and easy to see, and it is simple to flip the pages to see the different designs. It seems like I do not have to be in Essentials for this to work, and I do think this makes it worthwhile to keep the Thumbnailer software. Thank you for your response even though it is the weekend. By the way, I have a 2017 iMac running High Sierra; maybe that makes a difference. Anyway, I do really like the program now! Thanks again! :)

Kirsten S.

Marci, you are correct! I am sorry I didn't remember to suggest re-starting, and I'm glad you figured it out. It does look different on a Mac.Thanks for sharing the screenshot. I think we have an option for a similar view in Windows, at least I remember it in the XP version, but it's not the default for most of us.

Heather B.

Betty, if you are asking about your Art and Explorations software, I do not have any information on those as those are not products we carry.

Embrilliance Thumbnailer works independently of other softwares and basically allows you to preview designs before opening them in whichever software you have. It will not move or combine designs, just allow you to see more easily what you have.

Barrie K.

Hi there can you please tell me what this software does. I read the info but still confused. Is this software something that a person can take an embroidery design and print that image out and use it as a template for projects. What does this do. I am doing research on embroidery software. And etc..

Heather B.

Hi, Barrie. Thanks for the question. No, this software does not allow you to print templates. It basically just allows you to preview your design from Windows (or other operating system) BEFORE you click to open it, so you can easily identify which design is which without having to open each design in your embroidery software. If you're looking for software that allows you to print a image which can be used as a template, I would recommend a software such as Embrillaince Essentials.